Deborah Hussey

Deborah Hussey (1959-1985) was a Boston prostitute who was the stepdaughter and lover of gangster Stephen Flemmi. She was murdered by Whitey Bulger in 1985 after he discovered that she was a drug user and a prostitute.

Biography
Deborah Hussey was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1959, the daughter of Marion Hussey. Marion was the girlfriend of Winter Hill Gang lieutenant Stephen Flemmi, and Deborah grew up calling Flemmi "daddy", as he drove her to school and read her bedtime stories. They later became lovers, and also Hussey became a prostitute and drug user.

Death
In 1985, Hussey was arrested for prostitution, and, while she was at the police station, the police asked her about Flemmi and Flemmi's boss, Whitey Bulger; she denied that the two of them sold drugs or that she witnessed any crimes by them. Bulger was angry that Flemmi told her about their association, and thtat Hussey was a drug user, a prostitute, and mentioned them to the police. The two of them drove her to an apartment on East Third Street, telling her that she could lay low there, but, as Hussey looked at an empty living room in awe, Bulger began to strangle Hussey with his bare hands, putting her in a "half-nelson" and choking her to death. He then had Flemmi dispose of her body, telling him to "clean up (his) mess".